Re: 9/24 Show Discussion

Originally Posted by Wind Dancer;3710809;

Does anyone else think that booting someone from a violent competition for violence is well--hypocritical?

Bleah.

I would agree the challenge was just asking for trouble. I am not a huge fan of the "battle" type challenges, but I think they arose from the good old days where the physical players could be picked off early with no penalty to the team for doing so.

That said, I find that having Jeff as the sole judge of what was a cheap shot or not a little shaky given it seemed just about everything going on was bad.

Re: 9/24 Show Discussion

Originally Posted by Bill;3710818;

I would agree the challenge was just asking for trouble.

Amen! What did they think would happen and although Ben was stupid to trip someone after Probst made his speech, how was it all that much worse than what others were doing? Um...an all-out tackle is okay but not tripping? Wasn't it JT got a tooth knocked out in something similar? Totally on the show, that mess.

Betsy, I really liked her but I was also over the "I am a cop" stuff the last episode, esp. when I found out she just went into it. (This comes from a female cop with 21+ years.) For all her obvious intuition that would help her immensely on the job, she sure did not use it advantageously.

Yasmin, when Ben insults your grammar as if he knows what he's talking about, ouch. She did not do anything for her tribe, IMO, although it'll be interesting to see what if anything she goes back to them with.

I was really hoping good things for Shambo, but damn! Too many other thoughts, I'm rambling. Good episode, though, and I stand by my original statements about RH.

(Also wonder if even though they made it look like Jaison wants to oust Russell, it could really be Ben or someone else?)

Re: 9/24 Show Discussion

We're an exclusive club, but not feeling miserable like all the others...

Oh, he's a vile horrible troll, we gotta admit that. But stupid people are stupid people and there's a perverse joy in seeing these sheep taken down so easily.

Lets see if this catches up to him next episode. At this point? I actually hope NOT.

He may say or do something eventually which over-rides the entertainment value of seeing him take these morons apart, but I'll deal with that when it happens. For the mean time? Its a good ride. I mean I can't get that offended at him sneering at people as worthless as what seems to have been cast other than him. Or at him being a gloaty McGloatpants and ranting about "ruling the game". I mean its no skin off my knee if he gloats--if he's caught eventually there will be entertainment in his being brought down, and if he's NOT caught then... well... he'd deserve the gloating.